I will settle for a repeal of sanctuary law and immediate deportation of all who break laws and are here illegally.

I will settle for applying the law here equally against immigrants, from stealing shopping carts to evading taxes.

I will settle for the same immigration policy as Mexico and Korea.

“Up to the dusty attic,
Out with the trusty gun!
The law book and the lawyer
Only go so far!
Sooner, or later,
Push gonna come to shove.
Don’t think that it can’t happen
Where you are.”

“No High Ground”, Leslie Fish.

The initial reports that I heard about those eligible to received the Z Visas were incorrect along with how long an illegal alien had to be in the country to get one. There are other provisions of this bill that are troubling, too.

NO, NO, NO!

A short recon of whatÂ’s out there that might draw your attention….

NRO’s Kate O’Beirne:
“Tomorrow, The Heritage Foundation’s Robert Rector will share the following analysis in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. Virtually no attention has been paid to the enormous costs involved in …

The bill does not lead automatically to citizenship, only applies to those that have been here for 5 years or more, for the first time puts education level ahead of familial ties for consideration for green cards, requires those seeking green cards or citizenship to RETURN (heads of households) to their original countries to apply for LEGAL entrance into the U.S. and puts border security FIRST with “triggers” that must be met and signed off by homeland security in order for other provisions of the bill to be enacted. But, I will wait until a final bill has been crafted on deciding whether or not I will support it.

One thing to consider is that in all practicality because the federal government, especially under the Bush Administration, has abdigated it’s responsiblility on immigration enforcement and reform and created the immigration crises we all face, it would be a HUGE mistake to oppose a bill that has so many good aspects to it. I did not think it would contain so many elements I could support.

The reality is that there isn’t a workable solution that would peacefully cause even a majority of the 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens to go back home and stay there, especially without a MAJOR backlash against the Republican party that could last a generation or more of DEFEAT for our party.

Sometimes we can only get part of what we want or face consequences that bode DISASTER for our other causes and concerns.

If we handle this correctly, we could win all around with the immigration debate behind us while we focus on winning the Congress, Senate and presidency in 2008.

Remember that I was willing to split from the party on this issue alone, since the original Senate bill called for approximately 100,000,000 new legal immigrants projected to come in on a familial basis in the next twenty years or so. Now we have a point system that for the first time favors skills, instead of familial ties, when issuing green cards or citizenship.

Georgia Republican Johnny Isakson opposed last years’ Senate ‘amnesty’ bill but supports this one because the bill has to have:
a)18,000 border patrol agents
b)370 miles of border fence constructed
c)27,500 detention beds in operation
d)An employment verification system in place

All these have to be certified by Homeland security (Bush won’t be there) BEFORE the “Z Visa” or the “Y Visa” programs can begin.

Please wait until a final bill is achieved before torpedoing it.

Please?

As I was thinking about that (mind you I have not read any details) my thought was maybe it would be better to legitimize illegal aliens that are working for a living. I say this for Fox News said before any variant of the word amnesty the politicians are using, security measures must be implimented before hand to slow or prevent further influx of illegal aliens.

So again I say I am not a fan of amnesty; however a rare statesman like compromise may make liberals and conservative happier with the end in mind.